Graham:

Not everyone who succeeds on the round wishes to be a member of the club, there was someone who posted on here about a solo round a couple of years ago who was quite happy to have done it and also that, with it being a solo round, it didn't qualify for club membership.

However all those who attempt the round do impact the Club: it's got our name on it! Any problems tend to land at the Club's door no matter how tangential - we've had national newspapers enquiring about footpath damage for example (that got dropped when it was pointed out that there were less than 2000 members across the 40+ years of the Club when there were some tens of millions of visitors to The Lakes per annum).

An aside: a few weeks ago I bumped into an old climbing pal who I'd not seen for many years. In the course of our chat I mentioned I'd done the BG, it turned out that he is Pete Walkington's brother!